Eight of Pentacles
The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through
Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.
At his bench he chisels the eighth coin; seven hang done
Craft settling into the hands; honest repetition
Diligence gone mechanical
Seven finished pieces already hang — carve the next one better
As your card of the day
If Eight of Pentacles is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Craft settling into the hands; honest repetition”. When it tips toward “Diligence gone mechanical”, remember the way the picture draws: Seven finished pieces already hang — carve the next one better.
Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences
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